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![]() ![]() Luckily there were a lot of engineers from Alteryx ready to guide us through the process. It was our first time working with the Python SDK. Return np.array(norm_image).reshape(1, n*n*4) # Uses NumPy to convert the decode image to a vector. Image = Image.open(filepath).convert('RGBA') Here is a snippet of the function used in Python:ĭef process_file_path(self, filepath, n): The Pillow library allows for the image to be normalized to a designated size, decodes the image pixel information, and concatenates the pixel values into a NumPy array. The tool utilizes the Pillow (a forked version of the Python Image Library) and NumPy libraries. In no time, we were able to create the base files to build the Image Vectorizer Tool in Alteryx. In four easy steps, it allows a user to set the metadata, specify incoming and outgoing connections, design the GUI interface, import the tool into Alteryx and generate all the framework files necessary to create a Python, Javascript or Macro tool.ĪYX Tool Scaffolder is very intuitive and straightforward. This led us to our team name “Cats Rule, Dogs Drool”.įor the BUILD Hackathon, the developers at Alteryx made available the new AYX Tool Scaffolder. The original goal was to determine if it was a cat image or not. Inspired by Andrew Ng’s deep learning specialization, we wanted to use the output of the Image Vectorizer tool to classify images. These labels can be used for the classification of images. If you include a CSV file with image filenames and labels, the tool will pair the vectors with the appropriate label. ![]() The tool concatenates the pixel features into a vector as follows (only RGB shown, alpha channel was omitted):Įach feature is ordered by pixel in a left to right, top to bottom fashion. The images are RGBA encoded, each pixel has four features: The image is then decoded and converted into a vector, which is just a list of numbers. For example, if an image is 500x500 pixels, and you do not lose too much information by resizing it to 100x100, then it might be advantageous to resize the image to increase performance when training your neural networks. The closer the image is to its original pixels, more information is captured, but the more time it will take to process the information, and vice versa. This allows for the user to tweak performance with accuracy. The value “n” is determined by the architecture of the neural networks. This assumes that all the images have the same aspect ratio. For example, if the user selects the value 100 for “n”, the tool will resize all images to 100x100 pixels. The parameter “n” specifies how the images are resized. For this tool, normalization is simply resizing all the images to have the same dimensions. It takes a directory of images, and normalizes the image size and decodes the image into vectors. What the Image Vectorizer tool does is fairly simple. We used the AYX Tool Scaffolder and the new Alteryx Python SDK in the development of this tool. This tool takes a directory of images and vectorizes them for potential image processing in Alteryx. With this new Alteryx feature, we decided to build a tool called the Image Vectorizer. Through those courses, we saw the potential to incorporate deep learning into Alteryx using the new Python SDK. Andrew Ng is a rockstar in the AI and deep learning community, and he has a popular deep learning specialization on Coursera. Deep learning has been getting a lot of attention in recent years. There were times I wanted to push the envelope by adding extra features, but Ryan helped ground me to prevent scope creep!Ī large part of the hackathon was focused on brainstorming ideas. Even personality wise, it could not have worked out better. I have a background in computer science with experience in Python, and Ryan had more experience in frontend design and Alteryx’s built-in capabilities.ĭespite this being our first-time meeting, this end to end knowledge helped us work extremely well together. Having just met, we quickly learned that our skill sets complemented each other’s perfectly. In a non-deterministic fashion, Ryan and I sat next to each other in the Hilton’s Ballroom A for the Alteryx BUILD hackathon. We had never met each other until the Monday morning of Alteryx Inspire 2018. Before attending Alteryx Inspire 2018, Ryan Andrew and I (Royden Onishi) had no idea what to expect. ![]() ![]() ![]() My only gripe is that the Genestealers are too powerful and the graphics sure could use some work. I remember David from usenet, he did some cool WADS in his day. In this respect it's quite faithful to the Space Hulk games, but it's no fun to play. Secondly and more significantly the maps are essentially just simple undetailed Pac Man mazes in which you gun down hundreds of basically identical monsters in packs. This is from late 1995 - it must have been pretty elaborate in its day, with lots of new textures and sounds. They fall like flies and but they run Damn Fast.If you're as quick as they are, you'll have no problems defeating Them, But if you relax for a second.you're as good as dead.ĭeu 5.21, WinDEU and WinTEX, 3d-Studio, Deluxe Paint ][, Paint Shop Pro, Dehacked 3.0, : Genestealers are not strong.but the bight.and you'll sure know it when they do. 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![]() ![]() I lost my Dad when I was 15 years old and my mum too died shortly after due to HIV aids leaving me with my 5 young brothers and one sister who is the last born. Their ignorant entitlement juxtaposing with the beautiful Hawaiian beaches and tragic Hawaiian history creates an underlying experience of, look at these rich people not having a good time and they can't even realize why! As for the characters, there is plenty of time to sit back and question, is this character a good person, who's the real antagonist, how do these stories intertwine, who do we root for What story is attempting to be told here? What is the message!? By this I mean nobody is spitting in their faces and calling them Climate Killers but the choices the characters make, the things they say, and the way they act gives the viewer something to laugh at. All the characters are rich and they are shamed for it by the show writers. I point out the characters of color here because their race becomes a device used to create tension but not in a Token POC kind of way. The show does touch on conversations of race and class but I would not consider this a political show or one with an agenda (it's satire). Her plans will be left on the backburner which I say is unfortunate because she's a kind woc who is just trying to do her job and is clearly very skeptical about going into business with this strange, rich white, resort guest. Tanya's also very wealthy so I definitely thing this "Greg" has some secret plot to take down Tanya or plant something or steal her cash and unfortunately I do not think Belinda will see anything bright in her future. Tanya will often pop up to converse with the others and brag about Balinda's skills but she doesn't cause any trouble. Unlike the Newly Weds and the Mossbacher family, there is not a lot of plot overlap. The presence of these characters feel a little out of place. Tanya postpones a business meeting with Belinda so she and Greg can hook up that night. In episode 4, some random dude, Greg, shows up and invites Tanya to dinner after "accidentally" mistaking her room door for his own. Her "obsession" could possibly just stem from Belinda showing her an act of kindness during a hard time but I know I questioned Tanya's intentions for at least the first two episodes. She becomes creepily obsessed with the resort's massage parlor manager, Belinda, after a complimentary massage and suggests becoming a beneficiary so Belinda can open up her own massage parlor. Tanya McQuoid: An eccentric resort guest (which is a polite way of saying, a weird ass person who is over polite and basically pushes herself into every other character's drama in the most unintentional way, she's also bad at reading the room) She comes off as calm and quiet but we find out that her mother recently passed and she's in Hawaii to spread her mothers ashes. Prediction: Armond's gonna get blackmailed for abuse of power in a classic Monicagate manner. Armond creates a fake business card and when Shane realizes the number is fake, he bursts into Armond's office to find him rimming a coworker while high on Ketamine. Shane confronts Armond and asks for Corperate's number. The boat is actually a funeral where a strange grieving woman, named Tanya, fails to spread her mothers ashes in the sea. Armond apologizes and books them a romantic sunset dinner on a boat. Shane finds out the Germans are actually leaving wayy earlier. Armond tells him there's a German couple staying in the receipted room longer than Shane and his wife are there so the room will not be ready for them in time. Armond gaslights Shane into thinking that he never purchased the bigger room. First the resort accidentally downgrades his room. They're on their honeymoon but so many moments make you question why in the hell did these two get married? He is in an unnecessarily one sided battle with Armond. He's your run of the mill self-centered male Karen (Kevin if you will) and he arrives at the resort with his wife Rachel. Shane Patton: Also a resort guest and the funniest character to me. ![]() ![]() Rookies, players on new teams, or potential breakouts in revamped offenses all spark debate in fantasy circles. QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Overallīigger differences (and disagreements) can be found further down the list. The differences are marginal when it comes to top-tier players, but they’re still enough to affect the rankings, even in half-PPR formats. Henry is still top 10, though, so don’t get carried away in downgrading him. Derrick Henry holds that spot down in standard, but in PPR leagues, we like Najee Harris. The differences between our standard and PPR big board start at No. Don’t disregard big-time scorers too much just because they don’t get many targets. Obviously, QBs and D/STs aren’t quite as valuable, as there are simply more points available for RBs, WRs, and TEs, but touchdowns are still the most important thing in fantasy football. Still, it’s important to know for sure, just like it’s important to understand that you shouldn’t overvalue catches just because it’s a PPR league. PPR leagues are becoming more “standard” than “standard” leagues, so most of the default rankings in your draft app will have some level of a PPR component to them. QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Superflex If we have a player ranked significantly higher or lower than you do, chances are we’re not the only ones. Not only will it help inform your picks, but perhaps more important, it will also give you an idea of others' draft strategies. That’s why getting different perspectives is so important. QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Top 200 | Superflex Why aren't we fully satisfied? How could we be? We know injuries, disappointments, and surprise breakouts will happen, and no matter how high of a average you have in predicting these things, you’re never going to bat 1.000. Hell, we’re not even fully satisfied with our own 2022 Top 200 fantasy PPR rankings, but we know cheat sheets aren’t complete without them, so we forge ahead. ![]() Whether it’s because our favorite sleepers are too low or a certain injury-prone player who’s bound to bust is too high, we’re never going to be satisfied. Fantasy football owners can’t help themselves this time of year – you put rankings in front of us we'll read them. Our fantasy football rankings show an overall ranking list to help you on draft day or when making flex decisions, but we also make it easy to filter for just the position you’re looking for.īy default, the rankings are sorted by FTN Staff average rank, but you can also sort by your favorite analyst to make it easier to see how they are approaching tough decisions.The best thing about the rankings below is that you already know you’re not going to like them, yet you’re still going to look at them. We regularly audit whether new league types should be added, so please send us some suggestions if you think something is missing! Sort by Expert as well as by QB Rankings, RB Rankings, WR Rankings, TE Rankings, and more It doesn’t matter what type of fantasy football league your looking to win - our NFL fantasy football rankings are going to help you achieve your goal. A ridiculous amount of rankings for NFL fantasy football, including dynasty rankings, best ball rankings, redraft rankings, rookie rankings, and more In other words: You aren’t going to find more accurate, more consistent NFL rankings for your fantasy football league anywhere else. He has never finished outside the top 15. Ratcliffe, in case you haven’t been paying attention, is pretty, pretty dang good at this, Ratcliffe finished sixth in the 2020 FantasyPros accuracy contest, and he has now finished in the top 10 in six of the last eight years. The FTN fantasy football rankings include ranks from fantasy masterminds Jeff Ratcliffe, Nelson Sousa, Vlad Sedler, Tyler Loechner, Adam Pfeifer, Chris Meaney and more. The best NFL rankings for fantasy football ![]() And, yes, we have you covered whether your drafting in March or you’re making lineup decisions in January. Whether you are looking to walk out of your draft as the winner, or you need help making the tough lineup decisions each week, we have you covered. What are fantasy football NFL rankings from FTN?įTN’s NFL Fantasy Football Rankings are your one-stop-shop for all of your redraft, dynasty, best ball, and more rankings to help you dominate your fantasy football league. Sign up for FTN Fantasy to access all of the rankings! You can also see Jeff Ratcliffe’s top 100 rankings for free he r e. Here are the best free fantasy football rankings for Week 17 of the 2022 NFL season. F antasy Football Week 17 Rankings: NFL, Best Ball, Redraft, Rookie, and more ![]() ![]() ![]() It is useful early on because it will improve your quality without decorating your tombs. In this case, each minus red skull will give you 1 starting quality to the graveyard when buried. It is possible to get a negative number of red skulls, although you don't see it directly on the corpse. You can improve it with decorations up to 3 quality (3 whites). For instance, if you bury a 3 white skulls / 2 red skulls body, your tomb will start at -2 quality (2 reds). Every white skull give you 1 potential graveyard quality, every red skull subtracts1 quality immediately. They directly affects the graveyard quality when buried. If you have repaired the morgue corpse chute (inside and outside), the corpse will land directly inside.Ĭorpse skull rating: Each corpse starts with a set number of white and red skulls. Whenever you hear a bell, it means that the donkey has delivered a corpse. Those corpse will decay over time and you should not let them rot outside. The donkey will bring you fresh corpse quite often early on. MORGUE: how to prepare the bodies for the graveyard Everything will go faster when you have an economy going, the teleport stone, endless supplies of red wine and speed potions. Time is pretty tight early on as you are limited in movement speed and energy. This way you can bring back 2 resources to deposits at once.Īvoid going for specific achievements in the early game: for instance, fishing is rather useless and you should do that very late in the game. Pick up one heavy resource with and push the other with the character's body. Gather resources: you will need massive amounts of most resources and it doesn't hurt to build storage (trunks for instance) and fill them with resources. Basically, you want to have access to the furnace as a few other relevant craft benches as soon as possible, and then you decide accordingly to your quests. Upgrade your technologies: There is a dedicated paragraph for this. Then unlock the quarry North West of your home, then the swamp West of the church and finally the underground between the church and the morgue. You should prioritise the underground connections between your home and the church, then your home and the village. Unlock areas: It always cost early game resources, the hardest being iron-based items. If you don't understand or remember what they ask even by reading the journal, you can check the wiki or the quest page. Sometimes, you can't help them directly: by helping another one you will complete both tasks at once. Every NPC you have met will tell you what they expect from you. If you ever feel like you are wasting time or not doing what you should, here are a few recommendations:Ĭheck your journal (press and navigate to the NPC section). As you will have a lot of freedom it might get scary or confusing. Quests will give you immediate objectives, however you are free to accomplish those when you feel like it. GENERAL: I'm stuck and I don't know what to doĪfter the linear tutorial, you will be set free in a very large map. ![]() GARDEN/VINEYARD: How to grow and harvest foodĬOOKING: how to get a LOT of extra energy and save valuable timeĪLCHEMY: how to prepare useful items and potionsįISHING: it's mostly for a few achievements. RESSOURCES: Early resources and how to transform them (wood, stone, iron) TECHNOLOGY: How should I spend my technology points TECHNOLOGY: How to earn technology points, especially the blue points? 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What is Aphrodite the God of Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexuality, and is attended by the Graces and Eros, who are frequently pictured at her side.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history. From her throne, Aphrodite heard her lovers cry and ran to Earth to be by his side as he died.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Not to mention the countless Gods who are not part of Olympus such as Nyx, Nemesis, Pan, Agreus, Nomios, Ananke, Aether. Kratos only killed six of the twelve Olympians, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter Hestia, Dionysus and Aphrodite are all still around. It culminates with CIRCLE tapping segment in which you much hit the button with increasing rapidity.Īfter you are finished in Aphrodite's Chamber, head through the gate on the right.Īfter the lengthy cutscene, jump down from the ledge the Hyperian gate is on, save and then run all the way past Hephaestus to the large door that was previously locked. She’s not the last God on Olympus or even in Greece as a whole. Filled with light and love, Aphrodite possesses the power to steal away the hearts of gods. The game involves button presses and some LEFT ANALOG STICK wiggling and rotating. Daughter of Zeus, Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. You will be rewarded Red Experience Orbs and the Ladies Man Trophy if you successfully complete the game. During the QTE you will have to press three basic buttons, move the left stick, move it round and then to the sides, hit Circle 6 times at the right moment and finally mash the same button. You can engage in a sexual minigame if you choose to do so, or skip it and head through the Hyperian Gate that opens there. During the events of God of War 3, Kratos encounters the Greek goddess of. What happened Aphrodite Unlike Apollo, Aphrodite does make an actual appearance in the franchise but her final fate is unknown. Aphrodite was highly desired by the all of the. Aphrodite was frequently unfaithful to him and had many lovers in the Odyssey, she is caught in the act of adultery with Ares, the god of war. She was also lovers with her ugly husband Hephaestus, the god of forges, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, and a mortal named Anchises. ![]() ![]() Double-jump and float over into a secret area behind the bed to score Aphrodite's Garter (Godly Possession 7/10)!Īpproach Aphrodite and talk to her. The Greek goddess Aphrodite had many lovers, including gods and mortals, Most notably, she was lovers with Ares, the god of war, and together they had many children. 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Several questionnaires that investigate hearing and listening skills have been developed and/or studied in the international literature, with excellent psychometric characteristics and with great potential to detect individuals who are likely to have CAPD. The international guidelines and consensus statements on CAP 2, 3, 9, 13, 14, 15 recommend the use of questionnaires and scales to identify individuals at risk for CAPD, as they provide information about the individual’s communication deficits and the functional impact on the individual's communication, academic or work performance. In any case, CAP diagnosis has been carried out through behavioral tests aiming to assess the auditory mechanisms and electrophysiological tests to evaluate the integrity of the central auditory pathway. Lately, there has been much controversy about the recognition of CAPD as a single clinical entity in the United States, especially with regards to overlapping clinical manifestations with other disorders, questions about whether it is primarily a top-down or bottom-up sensory-neural deficit and an inability of the scientific community to reach a consensus on diagnosis and intervention planning. The behaviors observed in children with CAPD include hearing, school, and social difficulties. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) establishes that CAPD refers to difficulties in processing auditory information in the central nervous system and the neurobiological activity that underlies this process that generates electrophysiological auditory potentials. 1, 2Ĭentral Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) has been recognized as a clinical entity since 2005, 2 which means the condition has distinct and finite features with clearly referenced diagnostic criteria. Central Auditory Processing (CAP) refers to the functions of the Central Auditory Nervous System (CANS) which parses auditory information, and involves sound stimuli analysis and interpretation. ![]() |
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